Two young men charged with killing Camille Daniel in the compound of the West End Police Station in June have been committed to stand trial in the High Court.
Kristian Porter, 17, and Xavier Thomas, 22, who are charged with the murder of the 39-year-old woman, stood before Port-of-Spain Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls in the Eighth Court yesterday. They have also been charged with kidnapping Daniel and her 32-year-old friend Abigail Jaggassar, robbing Daniel of her Apple iPhone worth $6,000, and her $280 handbag, and robbing Jaggassar of her $1,000 Nokia cellphone. Porter has been separately charged with having in his possession an illegal 9mm pistol and seven rounds of ammunition.
Cpl Godfrey Vincent and Inspector Henry Dan laid the charges. Attorneys Keith Scotland and Asha Watkins represent both accused. Mc Nicolls said a prima facie case was made out against both men and committed them to stand trial at the next sitting of the Assizes. Porter has been remanded to the Youth Training Centre because he is under the age of 18. Daniel, of Finch Drive, River Estate Road, Diego Martin, was shot dead moments after she was carjacked. She and Jaggassar were seated in the car when three men jumped into the back seat and ordered them to drive to Rich Plain. The mother of a young son instead drove her car into the West End Police Station where she crashed into a concrete culvert. She was then shot to death.
